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Courtney Grace Hettinger

Case from Louisville, KY dated Mar 20, 2016

Victim Details

Courtney Grace Hettinger

Female

White / Caucasian

Louisville

KY

2016-03-20

4

Courtney

Grace Hettinger

07/08/2026

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In a heartbreaking turn of events in Louisville, Kentucky, four-year-old Courtney Grace Hettinger, a Caucasian female, lost her life on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Her death was part of a devastating murder-suicide orchestrated by her father, 33-year-old Brad Hettinger, an Army veteran.

The tragedy unfolded inside the family's home where Brad fatally shot his wife, 32-year-old Billie Jo Hettinger, and their two children, Courtney and her five-year-old brother Collin. Following the shootings, ...
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  • WLKY: Police: Man shoots, kills family before arson, suicide
  • LMPD calls Sunday's Jeffersontown homicide and arson investigation a murder-suicide
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